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THE JUDGES LEARN WHICH CATEGORY THEY WILL MENTOR AS HOPEFULS
HEAD TO JUDGES' HOMES TO PERFORM ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF
"THE X FACTOR" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, ON FOX

THE X FACTOR continues as the hopefuls are placed into in one of the four categories: boys, girls, over 30s and groups. Be there for the big reveal as judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid and Nicole Scherzinger find out which category they will mentor for the remainder of the season. Then, in an exciting new twist, the contestants travel to the judges' homes where they will have to perform their hearts out to impress one of the judges and their hand-picked celebrity guest-mentor. Don't miss the drama and excitement of the next phase of auditions that will have everyone talking the next day in the all-new "Judges' Homes #1" episode of THE X FACTOR airing Wednesday, Oct. 12 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (X-112) (TV-14 D, L)